It has been
a very long time since I have updated
Jesson's website. It is over a year since we
lost Jesson, it has been an incredibly tough
year to say the least. Since my diagnosis
with ovarian cancer in June, life has felt
almost torturous, coping emotionally has
been so difficult. Losing your child is
such a rollercoaster journey, the feelings
have been almost unbearable, often not
knowing how I would get through.

In October
we had a lovely evening at the Angel Ball,
this is a ball for parents who have lost a
child to Neuroblastoma, we had a wonderful
night, shared with wonderful company,
meeting many friends who we have met over
the years of Jesson's treatment.
www.thomasball.org.uk
Thanks to Elaine for a great night xxxxx

We are still
working on the fund raising for Jesson's
Angels, we have recently been able to grant
a holiday for Hayden from ward 27, he has
decided that he would like to go skiing.

Other news
we have recently received is one of our
little friends, Eden has been diagnosed with
a brain tumour, she is presently on ward 27
meeting all of Jesson's friends. We have
bought her a pink laptop for Christmas, so
over the next week I am going to visit ward
27 to
deliver it to her.

I have finally found the
strength to do a personal update on the website, I have been
very busy ! where do I begin.

Back in February this
year I was at the hospital having scan for my recurrent
miscarriages I have suffered over the last 12ths months ( I
have had 3) at the scan everything looked normal, apart from
my endometrosis diagnosis and a chocolate cyst they found.

I had been keeping fit
running about 5 miles 3 times a week, so I was feeling
pretty good, healthy and strong!!

I started to notice I was
having to go toilet quite frequently, more so than normal, i
wasn't too worried because I felt very healthy.

At the end of May I began
to think that i was suffering from a urine infection, so I
had a trip to the doctors, he sent off a sample to the
hospital and gave me a physical examination, I pointed out
there was a swelling in my abdomen, he assured me it was
probably due to an infection. 4 days later I returned to a
female GP as I was even more uncomfortable, she thought it
was odd because the there was no infection. She gave me
another physical examination, and discovered a huge swelling
in my tummy, she said it felt like a huge ovarian cyst, that
evening I ended up in A&E due to pain, I was diagnosed with
a huge ovarian complexed mass.

The following morning
they sent me home!!!!! They warned me it could rupture
causing crippling pain.

By weds I was in
crippling pain, Friday morning I had a huge incision and 2
cysts removed, one of them had ruptured.

Apparently all looked
healthy, so I kept all of my female organs.

3 weeks later I was
contacted and called in to the hospital to be told I had
OVARIAN CANCER, fortunately the other cyst that ruptured was
not cancerous.

Since this date, I have
had a full hysterectomy, and waiting for the menopause to
kick in!!

I have been told there is
no need for chemo, (thank god)

There was also cancer
found in the right ovary, but we are hoping that this is the
end of this terrible nightmare.

I know this is Jesson's
website, and I'm not looking for sympathy, I am trying to
raise awareness. This disease is called the silent killer,
the reason being, is the symptoms are vague. I am not trying
to scare people either, but be aware of you body if things
don't feel normal, persist and get answers.

I am going to list some
symptoms, and some websites for support, I only hope no one
has to use these.

Many women don't have symptoms
in the early stages of ovarian cancer. If there are
symptoms, they may be hard to define but can include
pain or a bloated feeling in the lower abdomen.
Other symptoms can include:

loss of appetite

unexplained weight gain

swelling in the abdomen

abnormal vaginal bleeding

pain during sex

changes in bowel or bladder habits -
constipation, diarrhoea, or needing to pass
urine more often

Lisa Horton has worked
like a Trojan, trying to raise funds for Jesson's Angels.
She has carried out numerous charity events over the past
months, she has organised fun disco evenings, body wraps,
and also ran the London marathon dressed as a Jesson's
Angel.

I wanted to add this to
Jesson's website as she has worked so hard, and deserves a
big big thank you WELL DONE LISA xxxxx

It has been a long time since I
have updated the website, we have been very busy organising the
triathlon and we are still collecting in the sponsor money in.

Lots of people were involved,
and it was really good fun. People from all fitness levels were
involved, some were very fit and competitive, others had little
experience, but what was very apparent was the fact that
everyone was doing it for a good cause.

We had people not only taking
part in the UK, but also our friends who live in Belgium and
France were involved. We are totally amazed at everyone’s
enthusiasm to help. I would like to take time to thank everyone
who took part, and to everyone who sponsored the participants.

We like to thank the Aylestone
Leisure Centre.

Without the free access to the
centre we would have not been able to carryout the event.

We have managed to collect so
far £2876, this amount is amazing, as we set out with a goal of
£3000, and still have more money to collect in.

The best part of this journey
has been the last few days; we wanted the money to go to a local
family to provide a dream holiday. We met with little Megan who
is 3yrs old and her family yesterday, they really deserve a
break, little Megan has been poorly since she just 1 yrs,
suffering the effects of cancer, she has had lots of chemo,
operations and lots of infections.

Megan’s family have decided they
would like to take Megan to Majorca; she would love to play on a
beach. It would be a total understatement to say this family is
so excited; it has made us so happy to see the happiness of such
a lovely family.

Claire in Belgium completed a Triathlon for
Jesson's Angels and raised lots of money, what could you do?

Jesson's Angels

Fund Raising News

Many
people who were lucky enough to have met Jesson, would have known his
positive attitude, with his extremely caring, selfless nature. He has
had a huge impact on many people, during his short but very full life.

We
had some really lovely times, that we shared with Jesson.

We now feel
that this is the time for us to give a little back....

We
have set up a memorial fund for Jesson called, "Jesson's Angel's" we
would like to raise as much cash as possible.

Primarily our aim to create many treasured memories, for a family with a
sick child, possibly to go on a dream holiday.

We
would also like to to be able to give a substantial amount to the
Neuroblastoma society
www.nsoc.co.uk , this charity funds research. We would like to make
a difference and hope we can improve the quality, and prognosis, of
these children that are diagnosed with Neuroblastoma.

We can announce the
final and amount collected at the Co-op Funeral Services,

a whopping £2521,10
!!!!!!!!

The lady who we dealt
with Jesson's arrangements, said in all the years of working at the
Co-op she had never knew so much money to be donated, so THANKS to
everyone who gave very generously. I was told there were some huge
single donations. xx thank you this money has all gone to the
Neuroblastoma society.